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Art professor arrested after threatening NY Post reporter with machete
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City artist and college professor who held a machete to a journalist’s neck and threatened to chop him up was arrested Thursday on charges of menacing and harassment, police said. The confrontation with a New York Post reporter at professor Shellyne...
Mechanic charged with homicide in fatal NYC elevator plunge
NEW YORK (AP) — An elevator mechanic's failure to execute basic safety procedures caused an elevator at a New York City building to plunge six stories and crush a co-worker to death, prosecutors said Tuesday. Mechanic Peter Milatz, 67, was charged with criminally negligent homicide...
Today in History: April 29, Dachau is liberated
Today in History Today is Saturday, April 29, the 119th day of 2023. There are 246 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 29, 1946, 28 former Japanese officials went on trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven ended up being...
Ponce Financial: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
BRONX, N.Y. (AP) — BRONX, N.Y. (AP) — Ponce Financial Group, Inc. (PDLB) on Wednesday reported earnings of $331,000 in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Bronx, New York-based company said it had net income of 1 cent. The holding company of Ponce Bank...
Man sentenced to life in death of NYC ambulance driver
NEW YORK (AP) — A 31-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday for killing a New York City emergency medical technician by running her over with her own ambulance. Jose Gonzalez was convicted of first-degree murder last month in the March 2017 murder...
4 years later, a disciplinary hearing in fatal NYPD shooting
NEW YORK (AP) — Kawaski Trawick's interaction with the police lasted less than two minutes. Starting with a door knock, it ended with the 32-year-old Black man shot dead by a white New York Police Department officer in his own apartment, the killing caught on body camera and surveillance video. ...
Rescued alligator that was recovering at NYC zoo has died
NEW YORK (AP) — An abandoned and emaciated alligator that was found in a New York City lake and sent to the Bronx Zoo for recovery has died in a “tragic case of animal abuse," zoo officials said. The zoo provided extensive medical treatment and nutritional support for the...
Ohtani homers in Bronx, 100 years to day after Ruth hit 1st
NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, 100 years to the day Babe Ruth hit the first home run at the original ballpark in the Bronx. Ohtani turned on a 88.7 mph sweeper from Clarke Schmidt and hit a 116.7 mph drive that landed in the Yankees bullpen in...
Man convicted for killing NYC emergency medical technician
NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been convicted of killing a New York City emergency medical technician when he ran over her with her own ambulance in 2017. The Bronx jury on Wednesday convicted Jose Gonzalez of murder in the death of Yadira Arroyo, a 14-year veteran of the Fire...
